Film review: Where The Crawdads Sing

An always reliable David Strathairn can’t save the long-awaited adaptation of the best-selling novel from failing to recreate the tension and atmosphere of the book…

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Book review: Discretion in Criminal Justice

Cowdery’s Discretion in Criminal Justice is good reading for anyone seeking insights from his towering experience

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Something Blue: an exclusive extract and author chat

Debut novellist Alex Sarkis on her new whip-smart social comedy

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Film review: Elvis

Brimming with set pieces, designed to the absolute hilt, impeccably styled, roaring with music: an abundance of delights in Luhrmann’s latest

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Film review: Men

While beautifully shot, Men is let down by a clumsy final act, failing not only its heroine but perhaps women everywhere.

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Book extract: The Dreaming Path

Indigenous thinking to change your life

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Film review: A hero

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Film review: Top Gun: Maverick

Tom Cruise brings returns to the role that made him a superstar in this sequel that surpasses the original while respecting the legacy it started.

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Non-fiction reads of the week

The Dreaming Path • The Widow of Walcha • Reckoning

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